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Table 5 Contribution of categories to the first and second axes

From: Differences and commonalities of home-based care arrangements for persons living with dementia in Germany – a theory-driven development of types using multiple correspondence analysis and hierarchical cluster analysis

 

Axis 1: dementia & care trajectory

Axis 2: structure of the dyadic relationship

 

Category

Contribution

to axis

Category

Contribution to axis

change

memory problems < 2 years

severe dementia

care < 2 years

no care level

until moderate dementia

care level > 1

memory problems > 2

care > 2

5.71%

4.78%

4.71%

4.71%

4.40%

4.01%

2.99%

2.54%

33.9%a

 

dyadic relationship

no loss of relationship

loss of relationship

living alone

5.61%

4.15%

2.14%

11.9%

child

spouse

age iC > 65

age iC < 65

living alone

living with the iC

living with other relative

age PwD > 80

age PwD < 80

10.29%

9.10%

8.92%

8.28%

5.48%

4.56%

3.78%

2.88%

2.74%

56.0%

carer role

no work conflict

personal constraints

no personal constraints

no recognition

no personal growth

5.66%

5.19%

4.24%

4.19%

2.08%

21.4%

work conflict

not working

no work conflict

no recognition

5.20%

3.99%

3.28%

2.75%

15.2%

other categories above average

no understanding

understanding

no institutional support

no professional services

5.11%

3.19%

3.00%

2.93%

14.2%

PwD male

PwD female

no professional services

4.89%

3.80%

2.09%

10.8%

categories below average

29 categories

 

18.6%

33 categories

 

18.0%

  1. Ic Informal carer, PwD Person with dementia; the short names of the categories are explained in Table 2
  2. aBold numbers indicate the cumulative contribution of all categories of the respective concept of the SoCA-Dem theory